While I am working on updating this website, I’ll only be posting tidbits each day (with maybe a bit more on Fridays) until the update is completed. We have been fighting sickness here, so I have nothing created this week. So I thought I’d share some information about how to do a Zentangle. Here is a wikihow with info on how to do one. The thing about the wikihow though is that the pictures used a pencil and zentangles are done in ink. Then you can go to someplace like tanglepatterns.com or pattern-collections.com for a multitude of tangles to use in your pieces. I hope this is helpful to you ..read more

While I am working on updating this website, I’ll only be posting tidbits each day (with maybe a bit more on Fridays) until the update is completed. There is a CZT who created a 14 day heart focused project called Heartizen. You can find the list of tangles by subscribing on her website or watch her fb live replays on here on her youtube channel. I won’t put pressure on myself to tangle every day right now. But I will do some of them. I wasn’t familiar with the tangle Gotcha. However looking it up afterwards I realized that Aishwarya Darbha modified it. I realized about midway through tangling ..read more

Beginning Jan.4th, while I am working on updating this website, I’ll only be posting tidbits each day (with maybe a bit more on Fridays) until the update is completed. Zentangle released a new tangle recently. I tried my hand at it. I found my auraing of the original line needs a bit of work in the future. Shading really is the key in this tangle; I’ll have to work on it more. But over all, not a bad first attempt. It really looks better smaller. You can’t see all my lines as much so it has a better overall look. See? I hope you have a good day! Thanks for stopping by. Until next time, God b ..read more

Beginning Jan.4th, while I am working on updating this website, I’ll only be posting tidbits each day (with maybe a bit more on Fridays) until the update is completed. I found a tangling group on MeWe. I asked about a weekly “challenge” and they decided to do a “prompt”. So this week’s prompt is to use your initial as your string. Then someone else suggested using your favorite tangles. It took a little thinking to figure out how to work Ratoon into a string of straight lines. But I did it and I definitely kept it simple. If you don’t feel like you have to create a masterpiece, it is easier to ..read more

I always like to use the scratch-off tiles when I’m not feeling much like doing any art or when I’m not feeling very creative. I was tempted to try my hand at either the Frosty tangle or the gnomes I’ve been seeing around facebook. I looked at the suggested tangles in the Tangle All Around group and saw one that I have used before and enjoyed. So I gladly tangled away. Of course, foil scratch-off tiles don’t photograph very well. So here are a few different shots. The next one was taken without a flash and so it’s kind of blurry. Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful holiday. U ..read more

I went with another scratch-off tile this week, except this one is the gold foil. I knew it wasn’t going to scan or photograph well, but I wanted the shine of the gold foil for the holiday. One of the Gratitangles for the week is Hollis. I’m not good friends with this tangle but I thought its scrolliness would be nice on the tile. Once I got it on the tile, I realized that my curves/hooks are not as pronounced as they should be, so maybe next time it’ll be better. I also decided that I wanted more of the gold to show through, so I started “filling” some of the Hollis lines. Some I completely ..read more

I needed an easy tile today, so I pulled out the scratch-off tiles. I settled on the rainbow one because I know it will photograph well and I didn’t want any struggles. It’s been a crazy week, of which I will elaborate on Friday, but I needed easy today. One of the week’s tangles for Gratitangles 2020 is Rixty. With its blackened bit, I thought it would look nice on the rainbow tile. So without further adieu, here’s the scan my tile. I couldn’t find the scratch-off “pencil” that came with it when I started, so I used a skewer. And now as I write this I remember that it is in my pen case, wi ..read more

The strings fir this week for the Gratitangles 2020 project were created digitally by Genevieve Crabe for Alice’s, leader of Tangles All Around facebook group, book Tangle Starts Strings. I chose the one with squares. I thought it would be a bit easier to recreate the string than the other options but it was not simple. Mine turned out a little wonky but that’s okay because it adds to the charm of it all. Unfortunately I forgot to get a picture of the tile after I drew the string but this is what it was supposed to look like. To say mine was not that precise is an understatement. As you alr ..read more

Well, clearly I did not do Inktober! It’s okay though; I’m not going to beat myself up about it. However, I remembered that Alice from Tangles All Around facebook group said she had some new project for November, so I decided to check it out. Turns out it is the yearly Gratitangles by Lisa Anderson CZT. I’m not going to be legalistic with it though. I’ll do at least one a week. Oh, the suggestion is to put something for which you are thankful on the tile. Mine today is Family. It is always the first thing for which I am thankful and then when I think of the next thing, I remember I am soooo ..read more

When I started Inktober, I wondered if I should do on piece sectioned into 31 different pieces. I talked with Tiffany about it and thought I’d like individual tiles better. Some of my best tiles (on display) are ones I did in daily challenges, so I envisioned some of these being as good and replacing them in the display frame. But then things fell apart and I realized that I’d made the wrong decision. Daily inking is not happening for me this year. Yesterday I did some Christmas shopping with my sister and daughter. I was gone most of the day. By the time we returned, I was exhausted! I’d inte ..read more